Solicitation
Construction of Chilled Water Plant and Site Utility Upgrades at VA Medical Center in West Haven, CT
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is buying construction of a new chilled water plant and site utility upgrades at the VA Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut (solicitation W912WJ26RA008). The work includes demolishing the old plant (building 16a), building a new multi-story plant and a new fuel tank farm, replacing water mains and adding utility loops, an electrical feeder and water storage tanks. The response due date on SAM.gov is November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is buying construction of a new chilled water plant and site utility upgrades at the VA Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut (solicitation W912WJ26RA008). The work includes demolishing the old plant (building 16a), building a new multi-story plant and a new fuel tank farm, replacing water mains and adding utility loops, an electrical feeder and water storage tanks. The response due date on SAM.gov is November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Nov 10, 2026.
- Worth checking: Work inside an active hospital campus. The medical center stays open throughout, so work must be closely coordinated and disruption kept to a minimum.
- Worth checking: Large multi-discipline project. The job spans civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, geotechnical and architectural work, which needs broad capacity and likely large bonding.
- Minor: LEED Silver expected. The plant is expected to meet LEED Silver certification, which adds documentation and design-quality demands.
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- Minor: Limited laydown space. Active hospital operations limit laydown and storage areas during construction.
- Minor: Many amendments. The notice has 12 versions, so check every amendment on SAM.gov before pricing.
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Full summary
What they want
- Demolish the existing chilled water plant (building 16a) and build a new multi-story plant with chillers, cooling towers, pumps and mechanical and electrical equipment
- Build a new fuel tank farm, which mainly serves the central boiler plant
- Replace the fire protection and domestic water mains from Campbell Avenue to Building 15
- Add utility main loops (chilled water, steam, condensate return, domestic and fire water) from the new plant, back-feeding to Building 1
- Install a redundant electrical feeder to Building 19 and coordinate offsite redundancy with the local utility
- Build new water storage tanks
- Meet the VA Physical Security Resiliency Design Requirements, and build the plant to LEED Silver
- Place of performance
- VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- Submission instructions, evaluation factors, set-aside status, bonding and the price range are in the solicitation documents on SAM.gov, not in this text.
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required, is not stated in the text.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated in the text.
- Contract type and period of performance are not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W2SD ENDIST New England, Concord, MA
- Product/service code
- Y1NB · Construction of Heating and Cooling Plants
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
12 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Amendment 0011 (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026
- Nov 10, 2026 · Amendment 0010Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0009Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0008Due Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0007Due Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0006Due Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 30, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Oct 23, 2026
- Sep 9, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Oct 23, 2026
- Sep 9, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 23, 2026
- Aug 24, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 23, 2026
- Aug 24, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 23, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
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Full notice text from SAM.gov
The scope of the chilled water plant replacement consists of the demolition of the existing chilled water plant (building 16a) and construction of a new multi-story chilled water plant to include chillers, cooling towers, pumps, and all associated mechanical and electrical equipment. Due to the close proximity of the existing fuel tank farm adjacent to the existing chilled water plant, a new fuel tank farm will need to be constructed as part of the project, which primarily serves the central boiler plant, requiring close coordination with the medical center and ongoing related projects.The scope of the site utility upgrades consists of the replacement and upgrade of the existing fire protection water main and the domestic water main from Campbell Avenue to Building 15. Site utility upgrades also include providing utility main loops of chilled water supply and return, steam supply, condensate return, domestic water supply, and fire protection water supply which will originate from the new chilled water plant and back-feed to Building 1. The work also includes the installation of redundant electrical feeder from the utility demarcation point to Building 19 and coordination with the local electrical utility provider to provide further electrical redundancy offsite as well. In addition, new water storage tanks will be constructed. This project involves civil/site, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, geotechnical, and architectural disciplines. The project must also comply with the DVAs Physical Security Resiliency Design Requirements (PSRDM). It is expected that the chilled water plant will be constructed to meet USGBC LEED Silver certification. The work is located adjacent to and within an active Medical Center campus which will be operational at all times. Impact to on-going operations must be kept to a minimum and carefully coordinated with the Contracting Officer and VAMC staff. In addition, the work area is constrained due to the active medical center operations which will limit laydown and storage areas during construction.
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